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Register of baptisms, 1578 - 1525, September 1653; register of burials, 27 August 1578 - 18 September 1653; register of marriages, 10 August 1578 - 29 September 1653

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, September 1653 - January 1685 Entries illegible, November 1683 - December 1684

Register of burials, 27 August 1678 - 28 August 1700; register of marriages, 21 March 1684 - 9 April 1700; register of baptisms, 17 January 1684 - 28 April 1700 Also includes: Baptisms at "West Church", 4 May 1690 - 31 March 1695; marriages at "West Church", 25 May 1691 - 10 September 1692

Register of marriages, 30 April 1700 - 5 May 1753; register of baptisms, 1 May 1700 - 1 June 1753; register of burials, 5 May 1700 - 7 June 1753 Includes: List of names of contributors to a pulpit reading desk, sounding board, "clerk and woman's pew" and font cover, 1728

Register of banns and marriages, 13 June - 1753 - 15 May 1773; register of baptisms, 7 June 1753 - 20 April 1772; register of burials, 26 June 1753 - 18 April 1772

Register of baptisms, 22 April 1772 - 24 April 1785; register of burials, 22 April 1772 - 3 August 1785; register of banns, 25 April 1773 - 26 April 1789; register of marriages, 15 May 1773 - 22 February 1789

Register of baptisms, 20 August 1785 - 27 December 1812

Register of baptisms, 2 January 1813 - 1 July 1838

Register of baptisms, 15 July 1838 - 19 April 1902

Register of baptisms, 11 May 1902 - 9 October 2022

List of Romaldkirk Commonwealth Marriages from the Richmond register, 1653 - 1660

Register of marriages, 14 April 1789 - 31 December 1812

Register of marriages, 20 February 1813 - 12 June 1841

Register of marriages, 1 July 1837 - 25 December 1905

Register of marriages, 15 March 1906 - 1 March 1941

Register of marriages, 6 March 1941 - 5 July 1952

Register of marriages, 27 June 1953 - 28 September 1963

Register of marriages, 5 October 1963 - 29 May 1971

Register of marriages, 26 June 1971 - 27 October 1979

Register of marriages, 12 April 1980 - 5 April 1986

Register of marriages, 6 September 1986 - 12 October 1991

Register of marriages, 28 March 1992 - 7 July 2001

Register of marriages, 21 July 2001 - 14 September 2012

Register of marriages, 1 June 2013 - 5 May 2018

Register of marriages, 4 August 2018 - 19 December 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 2 November 1823 - 17 July 1853

Register of banns of marriage, 9 October 1853 - 2 June 1944

Register of burials, 14 September 1785 - 17 December 1812 Includes: Memorandum of induction of rector of Romaldkirk, 19 September 1821, 4 June 1824, 13 March 1828

Register of burials, 11 January 1813 - 28 June 1855

Register of burials, 19 July 1855 - 14 January 1886

Register of burials, 28 January 1886 - 15 October 1993

Register of services, 16 August 1930 - 18 February 1951

Register of services, Lartington Hall Chapel, 30 November 1930 - 22 December 1968 See also EP/Rom 74-78

Register of services, 14 June 1970 - 27 November 1983

Copy of Order in Council assigning a district to the chapel at Laithkirk, 23 May 1844

Draft questionnaire and investigation of the circumstances of the benefice of Romaldkirk conducted by the Reverend S.G. Beal and others at the request of the Bishop of Ripon at the behest of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1910

Copy of questionnaire sent to the Reverend S.G. Beal by the Bishop of Ripon, with Beal's replies thereto, to enable the bishop to make return to the Privy Council concerning benefices and incumbents, 6 February 1917

Estate book of Canon S.G. Beal relating to the benefice of Romaldkirk, including: details of benefice income; schedules of investment held on behalf of the benefice; schedules of glebe lands, tenants etc; Income Tax papers; wayleave agreements for telephone lines etc., 1900 - 1929

Report of the Rectory of Romaldkirk made for the Revd. James Blackburn by Anthony Reed, containing a plan of the parish, a valuation of the living in 1819 and 1821, moduses, tithes, particular and valuation of lands etc., details of the glebe and allotments let by the late Mr. Bligh, details of the Manor, September 1821

Licence of the Bishop of Chester for the celebration of divine service at the schoolroom at Holwick, 30 September 1836

Copy curacy licence of Andrew Tyrrell de Labat, M.A., 17 December 1881

Copy curacy licence of Robert Leamon (to officiate at Cotherstone), 18 December 1881

Copy curacy licence of Doveton Vincent Stoddart (to officiate at Cotherstone), 17 February 1885

Copy curacy licence of Percy Richard Davy, 4 October 1931

Copy curacy licence of George Richard Robertson (to officiate at Cotherstone, Lartington and Baldersdale), 21 December 1934

Copy curacy licence of Francis Headley Robbs, B.A. (to officiate at Cotherstone), 26 February 1937

Copy curacy licence of Nicholas Casson Leece, B.A., 24 September 1937

Copy curacy licence of Walter Albert Hewett, L.Th., 9 June 1941

Full length portrait of Rev. Samuel Gilbert Beal, rector of Romaldkirk, 1890 - 1930, standing in the Rectory garden, n.d. [ c.1910]

The Finished Testimony being a farewell sermon preached by the Reverend George Price, B.A., late Rector of Romaldkirk, 6 June 1841

Obituary of Canon Samuel Gilbert Beal from the Ripon Diocesan Gazette , April 1930

Biographical notes on the Reverend Reginald Bligh and his family, n.d.

Public Record Office copy from the Entry Book of Decrees and Orders (Chancery), 1834 A. fol. 766: In the matter of The Reverend Reginald Bligh, Rector of Romaldkirk, 16 May 1891

Correspondence received by E.R. Hanby Holmes of Barnard Castle, solicitor, with copies of his inquiries and replies made on behalf of the Reverend S.G. Beal concerning the Bligh family, the Reverend Reginald Bligh, sometime Rector of Romaldkirk, and Captain William Bligh, sometime of H.M.S. Bounty, 26 July 1924 - 15 April 1925 [The above papers have, at some stage, been passed over by Mr. E.R. Hanby Holmes to one of the Rectors of Romaldkirk]

Pedigree of and notes upon the Bligh family, [1984] [see also Ep/Rom 3/1 below]

Lists of Rectors of Romaldkirk and curates licensed there with notes on their careers etc., compiled by Canon Beal and updated by his successors, 1890s - 1930s

Notes by Canon Beal regarding the legal status of rectors as regards choirs, organists etc., n.d.

List of the incumbents of Rokeby, n.d. [1940s - 1950s]

'Sketch of the Parish of Romaldkirk. By Anthony Reed of Bishop Middleham', March 1828 Gives the area of each township, the population of each and the tithes payable in each

Canon Beal's fees book, 1 August 1889 - 4 December 1930

Correspondence regarding the appointment of J.F. Smith of Balder Croft, Cotherstone as a lay-reader, 27 September 1939 - 6 February 1940

Licence to officiate in the chapel at Lartington Hall, 27 November 1919

Notes on the history and use of Lartington Chapel, n.d. [1920s]

Correspondence regarding the possibility of granting a licence for the solemnization of marriages in the chapel at Lartington, 24 November 1922

Map of the area to be attached to Lartington Chapel if used for marriages, n.d. [ c.1922]

Minutes of meetings, 11 May and 12 October 1998

Minutes of meetings, 8 February; 10 May; 11 October 1999

Minutes of a meeting, 15 May 2000

Minutes of meetings, 9 February; 24 May; 18 October 2004

Minutes of a meeting, 7 February 2005

Sermons by unidentified author, c . 1669 - 1680 ff.1-5,8,10 List of tithes due on lambs in Larton, Bowbank, Lune, Kelton and Romaldkirk, 1669 opp. f.3 Note of burial of Christopher Parkin of Cotherston, 27 August 1678 opp. f.4 Recipe for making ink ff.13-19 Account of tithes due on cattle at Lune, Kelton, Coathouse, Mickelton, Bathersdale, Hunderthwaite, Low parish, Lartington, Cotherston and Romaldkirk, 1669 ff.20-30 Half-yearly rents received, 1669 - 1673

"Rectory accounts of poultry keeping commencing November 22nd 1939" by George Wm. Crowther, Central Buildings, Romaldkirk, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, 22 November 1939 - April 1940

A Case of Extreme, and unparalleled Hardship: containing Considerations on a Verdict that Potatoes and Turnips are Hay and Corn, by the Reverend R. Bligh, Romaldkirk, 25 August 1798

Memorandum of agreement between William Watson and Thomas Dent concerning Pew No.1 in Romaldkirk Church

Letter of William Watson at Barnard Castle giving list of pews sold under faculty

Note of erection of deal pews by Hewelson and Bayles, cabinet makers, Barnard Castle, 25 June 1830

Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Churchwardens and Pew Owners of Romaldkirk, 23 December 1869

Unwilling consent of pew owner (Catherine Mitchell) to removal of her pew in pursuance of the plan for re-seating the church, 10 January 1926

List of pew owners, 1925 - 1926

Photograph of stained glass window erected in memory of Ralph Dent of Streatlam House, n.d. See also EP/Rom 4/155

Print from a woodcut depicting the interior of St. Romald's church, looking towards the pulpit, by B. Anderson, 1933

Pen and ink drawing depicting the altar, by an unidentified artist, n.d. [mid-20th century]

Photograph of the inside of Cotherstone church as Canon Lee performs a church service, n.d. [c. 1960s] See also EP/Cot

Photograph of the floral arrangement inside Cotherstone church for the harvest festival, n.d. [c. 1960s] See also EP/Cot

Photograph of the floral arrangement at the baptismal font inside Cotherstone church for the harvest festival, n.d. [c. 1960s] See also EP/Cot

Photograph of the floral arrangement in Romaldkirk church for the flower festival, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Photograph of the Easter decorations inside Romaldkirk church, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Photograph of the external side of Romaldkirk church adjoining the road, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Photograph of the altar inside of Romaldkirk church, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Photograph of the inside of Romaldkirk church, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Rubbing of brass plaque in vestry, n.d.

Rubbing from stone in chancel of Romaldkirk Church, 20 December 1892

Rubbing from a brass found under the chancel floor, February 1893

Plans of the interior of Romaldkirk Church and elevations of its exterior (exhibited in the Consistory Court of Ripon) by F.L. Pearson, Westminster, architect, February 1925 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plans of proposed oak screen, Romaldkirk Church, by R.T. Snaith and Son Ltd., Darlington, 20 February 1935 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Outline design for west window to the memory of Alexander Ayre-Smith, n.d. [post 1916]

Plan of Romaldkirk showing site and outline of proposed new rectory, Romaldkirk, by Dent and Partners, architects, November 1974 - January 1975 Scales: 1:500 and 1:2500

Ground plans and elevations of proposed new rectory, Romaldkirk, by Dent and Partners, March 1975 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Ground plans, section and elevations of proposed new rectory, April 1977 Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Plan of galvanised corrugated iron church [Baldersdale?] by Motley and Green, Leeds, 28 March 1892 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Design, by James Jackson, for a stained glass window in memory of R. Dent of Streatlam House, manufactured by H.M. Barnett, Victoria Stained Glass Works, Westmorland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 October 1875 See also EP/Rom 4/116

Correspondence between the Reverend William Cleveland, Gateforth Rectory, Selby, Yorkshire (executor of the Reverend Henry Cleveland, late Rector of Romaldkirk), the Ripon Diocesan Registry, the Churchwardens of Romaldkirk and the Reverend S.G. Beal, Rector of Romaldkirk concerning the sale of a chalice and paten from Romaldkirk, articles of church furnishings missing at the time of Henry Cleveland's death, explanations, compensation etc., 7 December 1889 - 9 April 1890

Correspondence received by the Reverend S. Gilbert Beal, Romaldkirk from Messrs Lambert, Coventry Street, London concerning restoration and renewal of church plate, 1 May 1890 - 6 March 1891

Photographs of chalice and paten, n.d. [c.1910 - 1912]

Tracings of designs for chalices and patens, by Hart, Son, Peard and Co., Ltd., Charing Cross Road, London, 1910 and n.d.

Correspondence received by the Reverend S.G. Beal from the Editor , The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal and others identifying one of the Romaldkirk chalices as Spanish and discussing its background, 15 October 1910 - 31 May 1912

Correspondence received by the Reverend S.G. Beal from the organisers of the Ecclesiastical, Education and Art Exhibition, Maltravers House, Strand, London regarding the borrowing of plate for the exhibition, with related papers, 3 August - 9 October 1912

Letter from the Editor, The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal regarding church plate and sending prospectus of book about it, 24 September 1912

Romaldkirk church reparation committee minute book, June 1828 - 10 May 1872 Includes: List of subscribers to repair 1869 - 1870 and reports of commissioners for repairs, 1828 - 1836; Minutes of ratepayers' meeting concerning additional burial ground, 12 May 1888 - 19 March 1889

Letter of William Watson to W. Helmer at Romaldkirk concerning faculty of confirmation with copy letter of Mr. Tomlin

Lists of contributions promised for the repairs to Romaldkirk Church, 1869

Pass book with J. Backhouse and Company, bankers for the Romaldkirk Church Restoration Fund, 26 June 1869 - 22 May 1872

Treasurer's account of the Romaldkirk Church Reparation Fund, 28 May 1869 - 29 December 1870

Correspondence received by the Rector and Churchwardens of Romaldkirk from F.R.N. Haswell, architect, North Shields, 3 January 1869 - 15 April 1870

Correspondence received by the Churchwardens of Romaldkirk etc. regarding building works (donations, tenders, estimates), 29 May 1869 - 10 November 1870

Miscellaneous estimates, quantities and financial calculations regarding Romaldkirk Church, 1869 - 1870

Circular seeking contributions to the restoration fund, 26 May 1869

Circular from the Reverend S. Gilbert Beal describing restoration work in progress at Romaldkirk Church, 21 August 1908

Correspondence received by Canon Beal from the Diocesan Registry, Ripon regarding the obtaining of a faculty for alterations to Romaldkirk Church, 24 July - 2 November 1925

Copy of correspondence between Canon Beal and the Diocesan Registry, Ripon regarding the report of the Advisory Committee (1 March 1926) on the proposed alterations to Romaldkirk Church, 1 - 16 March 1926

Correspondence received by Canon Beal from F.L. Pearson, 22 Ashley Place, Westminster concerning the restoration work proposed, 4 November 1925 and 12 March 1926

Bill of costs for proceedings in the Consistory Court of Ripon concerning the re-ordering of Romaldkirk Church, May 1925 - April 1926

12 June 1926 (1) The Reverend Canon S. Gilbert Beal and Miss Mildred Beal, both of the Rectory, Romaldkirk and others (The Restoration Committee of the P.C.C.) (2) Messrs Cornish and Gaymer of North Walsham, Norfolk, builders Contract for works at Romaldkirk Church to be executed for £2,117

Builder's accounts for work at Romaldkirk Church, with architect's certificates, November 1927 - January 1928

Balance sheet of the Restoration Fund, 5 April 1928

Receipts and payments of Restoration Fund, 1929 - 1931

Guarantees given to Barclays Bank Ltd. for the overdraft of the Romaldkirk Parish Church Restoration Fund, 26 November 1930 and 26 March 1931

Draft letter from S.G. B[eal] to Claude [Earl of Strathmore] concerning the redecoration and repewing of the church, n.d. [1926]

Circular reporting progress of restoration of Romaldkirk Church, n.d. [late 19th century]

Treasurer's account book for the Romaldkirk Church Reparation Fund, 28 May 1869 - 29 December 1870

Revised report of F.R.N. Haswell, 26 February 1869

Architectural description of Romaldkirk Church in 1869 - 1870 [by F.R.N. Haswell?], n.d.

Survey and report of Windsor, Thorp and Wright, East Parade, Leeds regarding insurance of parish buildings, 16 June 1914

Report of F.R.N. Haswell, North Shields, architect, to the Reverend H. Cleveland, Romaldkirk on the state of the fabric of St. Romald's church, with proposals for the restoration of it. Plans of church attached, 11 January 1868

Copy of queries issued by the Burial Acts Department, Home Office and replies to them concerning interments, n.d. [ c.1900]

Duplicate statutory record of the consecration of additional burial ground at Romaldkirk, 18 September 1871

Correspondence received from the Home Office regarding the closure of the churchyard and provision of a new burial ground at Romaldkirk, 15 December 1888 - 10 May 1889

Order in Council closing the churchyard in Romaldkirk, 6 April 1889

Order in Council postponing the date of the closure of the churchyard at Romaldkirk, 13 December 1889

Sentence of consecration of the new burial ground at Romaldkirk (with plan), 1 May 1890

Costs attending the conveyance of the new cemetery at Romaldkirk, May 1889 - April 1890

Plan of proposed addition to Romaldkirk churchyard, R. Hugginson, Surveyor, April 1889 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile

List of promised subscriptions for new burial ground at Romaldkirk (Paper, 3 folios)

Photograph of St. Romald's church and churchyard, n.d. [c.1870]

Photograph of St. Romald's church and churchyard, n.d. [c.1910]

Grave plan, with names, of the additional burial ground, n.d. [1890 - late 20th century] No scale

Grave plan, with names, of the additional burial ground, designed by R.A. Hugginson, 1 May 1890 - n.d. [late 20th century] Scale: 12 ft. to 1 inch [1:144]

Minutes of discussion of Parsonage Board Sub-Committee at Romaldkirk, 14 April 1976

Photograph of Romaldkirk [Old Rectory], n.d. [1970s]

Inventory of movable goods, n.d. [c .1900]

Inventory of moveable goods, 3 May 1929

Terrier and inventory, 1954 - 1982

Terrier, 31 March 1974 - 13 April 1976

Inventory, 3 May 1974 Includes: Cotherstone, St. Cuthbert Originally enclosed in EP/Rom 4/152

List of books and documents belonging to the benefice of Romaldkirk and their location

Faculty to erect several pews in the parish church as shewn on the attached plan, 2 October 1828

Faculty authorising certain changes from the faculty EP/Rom 4/14 with regard to which pews are to be sold, 15 October 1829

Faculty of confirmation of works carried out under the faculties EP/Rom 4/14-15 above. Plan attached, 21 September 1837

Petition for grant of faculty, 1914

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass panels removed from a demolished Presbyterian church at Camberwell, 22 July 1937

Faculty authorising the erection of a reredos, the panelling of the east wall etc., 25 February 1938

Faculty authorising the erection of a memorial tablet, 2 May 1949

Faculty authorising the erection of a religious picture in the church, 22 September 1952

Faculty for the rehanging of the bells, the erection of a memorial tablet etc., 29 December 1953

Faculty for the introduction of an oak altar rail, 1 May 1957

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new stained glass window, 30 July 1959

Faculty for the conversion of the solid fuel heating system to an oil fired one, 19 August 1965

Faculty authorising the introduction of an oil fired heating system, 31 August 1967

Faculty authorising the repewing of the nave, transepts and aisles, the formation of a heating vault with organ chamber and vestry over, and other alterations to the church. Specification of F.L. Pearson, Westminster, architect (dated February 1925) attached, 13 August 1926

Archdeacon's certificate, 17 July 1963

Correspondence received from The Bounty Office regarding dilapidations, September 1889 - 2 March 1891

Offertory book, April 1922 - August 1930

Churchwardens accounts, April 1771 - 1871; Easter vestry minutes, 19 April 1881 - 19 April 1927 Memorandums concerning bequests to the poor of the parish by Mrs. Julian Browell, 1772 - 1782

Note concerning "12 penney lint" September

Church rate account book, 1832 - April - 1870; churchwardens' accounts May 1871 - April 1889

Churchwardens accounts, April 1889 - April 1917

Statement of accounts of St. Cuthbert's Church, Cotherstone, for year ending 31 March 1921

Account of William Watson concerning Romaldkirk faculty, December 1829 - July 1833

Churchwardens' account book for township of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite including disbursement of the Overseers of the Poor and of the Constable for the township, 30 July 1701 - 12 May 1726; lists of those receiving weekly pensions, 1750 - 1782; details of the annual audit of the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and the Constable, May 1727 - 27 May 1782

Draft of memorandum to be inserted with the statement of accounts in the church book, n.d. [1869]

Extracts from wills of Sarah Raine and John Raine making bequests to the church at Romaldkirk, n.d.

Church accounts, 15 April 1917 - 31 December 1935

Church accounts, 5 January 1929 - 31 December 1938

Church accounts, 1 January 1939 - 31 December 1954

Income and expenditure account of the parish, 31 December 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Rom 4/152

Letters of W. Hutchinson at Barnard Castle to Rev. John Gibson concerning the trustees of Captain Jackson's estate

Correspondence relating to the siting and construction of a new rectory, proposed sale of glebe and related matters, 3 April 1975 - 2 December 1976

Correspondence with Royal Exchange Assurance regarding theft of lead from church roof, 22 February - 12 May 1952

Select vestry minute book, 7 June 1830 - 4 September 1839

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 17 April 1920 - 13 June 1925

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 16 November 1925 - 24 September 1934

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 27 February 1935 - 26 March 1943

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 26 March 1943 - 12 October 1978

Minute book, 15 March 1979 - 8 January 1997 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meetings

Minutes of meetings, 5 March - 12 November 1997 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting

Minutes of meetings, 7 January - 18 November 1998 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting

Minutes of meetings, 3 February - 3 November 1999 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting

Minutes of meetings, 16 February - 8 November 2000 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting and electoral roll

Minutes of meetings, 11 February - 10 November 2004 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting

Minutes of meetings, 2 March - 21 November 2005 Includes minutes and reports of annual general meeting

Parochial account book, June 1890 - March 1931

Parochial account book

Parochial Church Council ledger containing receipts and payments accounts of parish charities and maintenance funds, income from diocesan and parish properties, appeals and individual legacies, December 1959 - 1 December 1988 Includes: copy wills of Sarah Raine of Elmwood, Romaldkirk, spinster, 7 June 1944; John Raine of Elmwood, Romaldkirk, retired rate collector, 22 October 1943; and extract from a scheme for the management of the estate of Sarah Raine, 24 January 1956

Poor rate book, 12 February 1839 - 7 April 1840

Poor rate book, 7 July 1840 - 16 December 1842

Poor rate book, 4 April 1843 - 12 January 1846

Poor rate book, 7 July 1846 - 12 October 1848

Poor rate book, 5 July 1847 - 10 August 1855

Poor rate book, 8 June 1849 - 29 April 1857

Poor rate book, 8 January 1858 - February 1867

Poor rate book, 1 May 1867 - June 1877

Poor rate book, 30 October 1877 - 23 November 1881

Poor rate book, 15 May 1882 - April 1885

Poor rate book, 22 April 1885 - May 1888

Overseers' account book, April 1830 - 1877 Attached: Receipted account, 19 June 1860; List of poor rate, n.d. c . 1860

Overseers' receipts and payments, March 1848 - March 1867

Register of apprentices, 12 April n.y. - 1 March 1825

24 [month missing] 1793 (1) The Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor for the township of Marwood (2) Robert Horn of Romaldkirk, tailor Indenture binding the pauper William Hopes, aged 13 years, as an apprentice to (2), for a term of 7 years

3 January 1810 (1) The Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk (2) John Robinson (3) Joseph Langerwood of Romaldkirk Apprenticeship indenture of (2), a poor child aged 17 years, to (3) as a weaver until he reaches the age of 21 years. Assignment from (3) to Christopher Hamilton endorsed, 27 February 1810

Order allowing the Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk to bind James Bell as apprentice to William Muncaster of Stainton, cartwright and joiner, 6 December 1820

Order allowing the Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk to bind Thomas Bowman as apprentice to John Nodding of Egglestone, shoemaker, 30 January 1833

Order allowing the Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk to bind William Lambert as apprentice to John Hind of Bishop Auckland, shoemaker, 29 January 1834

Note of payment of £2 to John Hind for William Lambard, apprentice, 30 March 1834

Removal order for Hannah Bell from Romaldkirk to Mickleton, 4 March 1807

Removal order for Ambrose Chapman and his wife and infant child from Barnard Castle to Romaldkirk, 5 April 1820

Removal order for Mary Addison from Romaldkirk to Lune, 10 May 1820

Removal order for Mary Watt, widow from Romaldkirk to Skelton, Cumberland, 1 August 1827

Removal order for Elizabeth Dixon and her two children from Romaldkirk to Cotherstone, 10 March 1829

Removal order for Sarah Bulmer and her infant son from Alston, Cumberland to Romaldkirk, 1 January 1830

Warrant to apprehend Daniel Plewes of Thornton Street, Yorkshire, N.R., husbandman, alleged father of the child with which Mary Wardell of Romaldkirk, single woman, is pregnant, 1 January 1823

Warrant to the Constables of Longbenton to summon Thomas Nixon the putative father of the male bastard child of Elizabeth Farrer of Romaldkirk, singlewoman, for arrears of maintenance payments, 16 September 1824

Warrant to the Constable of Romaldkirk to apprehend Jonathan Thompson of Alston, Cumberland, putative father of the bastard child of Johanna Bulmer, for arrears of maintenance due to the Overseers of Romaldkirk under a filiation order, 31 March 1829

Letter from Elizabeth Waite, London to Mr. Lind, Overseer of the Poor, Romaldkirk, seeking relief for herself and her four children, 31 December n.y. [1830s]

Bill from [the Overseer of the Poor at West Witton] to the Overseer of Romaldkirk for disbursements to John Langstaff, 21 April 1821 - 20 April 1822

Bills of costs, and receipt for payment, of Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, solicitor for work done on behalf of the parish officers of Romaldkirk, 1818 - 1825

Rough details of disbursements made by the Overseers of Romaldkirk, 1824 - 1828

9 May 1829 (1) George Hutchinson (2) The Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk Assignment of next payment of his pension as a Chelsea Pensioner to redeem advances made to him

Letter from Joseph Graham, Brampton, Cumberland to Robert Hutchinson, Romaldkirk replying to letter concerning the whereabouts of an unspecified man, 12 March 1810

Letter from Thomas Bulmer, Overseer of the Poor at Easington to the Overseer of the Poor, Romaldkirk concerning relief of aged paupers Thomas and Judith Waite, 17 October 1834

Letter from Henry Wood, Overseer of the Poor at Richmond to the Overseer of the Poor, Romaldkirk forwarding a surgeon's certificate [lost] for the Langstaff family, 22 October 1835

Letter from Wilson John Latham, West Witton to the Overseers of the Poor of Romaldkirk seeking payment of his account of disbursements made (1 March - 1 November 1832) to J. Longstaff on their behalf, 1 November 1832

Instructions from the Poor Law Commission concerning keeping account of expenditure on the poor rate

Order from Poor Law Commissioners that a survey, plan and valuation of the township of Romaldkirk be made

Orders and reputations issued by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Guardians of the Poor of the Teesdale Union concerning out-relief

Sealed order of the Poor Law Commissioners for the keeping and auditing of the accounts of the Teesdale Union, n.d. [ c.1837 - 1838]

Act to amend the laws for the relief of the poor, 31 March 1819

Certificate that John Robson is serving with the militia, 17 November 1806

Order from the Chief Constable to the Constable of Romaldkirk to collect £2 5s. raised by order of the Quarter Sessions for repairing of bridges, for conveying soldiers' baggage etc., 4 December 1834

Order from the Chief Constable to the Constable of Romaldkirk to collect £1 7s. raised by order of the Quarter Sessions for repairing of bridges, for conveying soldiers' baggage etc., 19 March 1836

Order from Thomas Lax, Chief Constable to the Constable of Romaldkirk to obtain a list of substantial householders from the Overseers of the Poor wherefrom the Overseers for the ensuing year are to be appointed, 6 March 1830

Order from Thomas Lax, Chief Constable to the Constable of Romaldkirk to obtain a list of substantial householders from the Overseers of the Poor wherefrom the Overseers for the ensuing year are to be appointed, 5 March 1836

Letter from Thomas Lax, Chief Constable to the Constable of Romaldkirk requesting he submit list of men liable to service in the militia to the Deputy Lieutenants at Richmond, 7 February 1839

Highway rate book, 1831 - 1840 and accounts, 1840 - 1842

Highway rate book, 26 May 1841 - 15 June 1846

Highway rate book, September 1863 - 1868

Order from the Bishop of Chester to the Rector of Romaldkirk to produce all documents relating to Parkin's School to a commission of Sir William Bowes, John Dent, James Raine, William Bailes, Henry Bourne, Henry Walker, Edward Hurleston, Richard Walker, Thomas Alderson, Thomas Wrightson and James Bailes and transmit them thence to Chester for the decision of the Bishop with regard to the disputes concerning the said school, 26 September 1700

State of facts relating to Romaldkirk School and the situation of Mr. Fryar, the master, n.d. [late 18th century]

Case, with opinion of Mr. T.C. Treslove of Lincoln's Inn thereupon, concerning the free school at Romaldkirk founded by John Parkin, 4 August 1831

Draft of scheme and copy of sealed scheme of the Board of Education regarding the Romaldkirk School Foundation and the Free School of John Parkin, with related correspondence, 21 September 1910 - 26 July 1911

Balance sheet of Parkin's Foundation and Romaldkirk School Foundation, 31 December 1916

Correspondence received by Canon Beal from the North Riding County Council Education Committee concerning appointments to, and management of, Romaldkirk School, 6 May 1919 - 24 September 1931 (18 papers, 2 files, typescript)

Plan, section and elevation of alterations to Romaldkirk School, by Alexander Adams, architect, June 1910 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Code of duties of school cleaners, issued by the North Riding County Council, 19 June 1906

The Morning Chronicle containing advert for the Academy, Cotherstone, 10 July 1820; covering letter from Thomas Philpot, London, 23 January 1937

Copy of deed poll conveyance of land from John Bowes and the Earl of Strathmore to the Rector and Churchwardens of Romaldkirk of the site for a school house at Baldersdale in the township of Hunderthwaite, 21 April 1875

Copy of sealed scheme of the Board of Education regarding John Bourne's Foundation, 23 February 1915

Copy of sealed scheme of the Board of Education concerning Lartington School, 9 February 1910

Appointment of the Rector[s] for the timebeing of Romaldkirk and Hunderthwaite as trustees of the Allotments Educational Foundation in the parish of Hunderthwaite, in addition to and jointly with the Churchwardens for the timebeing of Romaldkirk, 4 June 1947

Charity Commission scheme for the administration of the Free School of Bowes and the Hospital of Romaldkirk, N. Yorkshire (The Bowes and Romaldkirk Charity)

Regulations for the management of the Bowes and Romaldkirk Charities the report and scheme of the Court of Chancery (1845), the will of William Hutchinson (1693), the will of John Parkin (1632) and part of the Charity Commission Scheme (1877), n.d. [ c.1878]

Draft scheme of the Charity Commission for the administration of the Free School of Bowes and Hospital of Romaldkirk, 18 August 1876

Scheme of the Charity Commission as submitted to the Committee of Council on Education, 16 February 1877

Copy of sealed order of the Board of Education regarding the Romaldkirk Almshouse and School Foundation, 13 May 1904

Statements of account of the Bowes and Romaldkirk Charity, 1939 and 1940

Copy of the sealed scheme of the Charity Commission for the Cotherston and Three Chimneys Charity, 24 March 1899

Notice of the appointment of Richard Gill of Cotherstone, butcher, as a trustee of the Cotherston and Three Chimneys Charity, 1 July 1932

Copy of sealed scheme of the Charity Commission concerning Hunderthwaite Allotments, 2 August 19

9 November 1853 (1) John Bourne of Walker Hall, esq. (2) Rev. Henry Cleveland, clerk, rector of the parish of Romaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire; John Bourne Edward Walton, of West Park, Cotherstone, North Riding of Yorkshire, farmer; Jonathan Waistell of Cotherstone, gent.; John Sherlock Helmer of Cotherstone, gent.; John Bowron of Cotherstone, farmer (3) William Watson the younger, of Barnard Castle, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (3) of two freehold closes of meadow ground called Hill Fields (5a. 2r. 34p.) in Cotherstone, now in the occupation of Thomas Oliver as tenant; the profits of the closes to be used for the education of sixteen poor children belonging to the township of Cotherstone, in the principles of the Church of England and as directed by (2) the trustees

Scheme issued by the Charity Commission for John Bourne's Charity in the parish of Cotherstone, 23 February 1915

Order vesting the land belonging to John Bourne's Foundation in the Official Trustees of Charity Lands, 21 December 1915

Declarations by Sherlock Helmer, William Henry Ralston and Henry Bourne, Foundation Manager of Cotherstone School, that they are members of the Church of England, 22 June 1904 and 6 August 1910

Note of the election of trustees of Bourne's Charity, 21 July 1915 and 20 May 1919

Letter from J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle, to Rev. S.G. Beal, Romaldkirk, concerning the tenancy of land belonging to the charity, 2 October 1893

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, and Rev. S.G. Beal, The Rectory, Romaldkirk, concerning the sale of property belonging to the charity, 31 January - 21 July 1896

Letters from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, to Rev. S.G. Beal, concerning the land belonging to the school at Cotherstone, 11 and 26 February 1898

Correspondence between C. Whalley, The Vicarage, Askrigg, North Riding of Yorkshire; A.T. Perkins, 12 East Parade, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, 4 South Parade, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire and Side Farm, Patterdale, Penrith, Cumberland; the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, London; North Riding of Yorkshire County Council, Education Offices, Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire; Board of Education, Whitehall, London; J.S. Helmer, The Bank, Barnard Castle; Rev. S.G. Beal, The Rectory, Romaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire; Henry E. Abbott, 5 Fenwick Street, Liverpool, Lancashire; J.W. Clarkson, Cotherstone; W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle; the District Valuer, Valuation Office, South Parade, Northallerton; John Hodgson, 'Mount Pleasant', Cotherstone; William Harland and Son, 41 High Street, Stockton; Joshua Coulthard, Cotherstone; J.H. Bourne, Cotherstone; concerning the administration of the charity, 29 October 1903 - 31 December 1915

Correspondence between W.Hodgson, Greta Villa, Cotherstone, North Riding of Yorkshire; J.H. Bourne, Cotherstone; Mrs. A.C. Watson, Cotherstone; John Hodgson, 'Mount Pleasant', Cotherstone; W.L. Clarkson, Cotherstone; Rev. S.G. Beale, Romaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire; concerning the letting of the Bourne trust lands, 27 April 1915 - 23 April 1920

Letter from E.R. Hanby Holmes, solicitor, Barnard Castle, to the Treasurer, Bourne's Charity, Cotherstone, concerning the merging of the tithes on Bourne's Charity lands, 29 August 1928

Bourne's Charity account book, 16 June 1903 - 31 May 1909 The account book is kept in the hand of the Rector of Romaldkirk, who notes, at the beginning, that funds of the charity were included in the general school accounts

Statements of account of Bourne's Charity, 1910, 1918 & 1919

Statement of moneys held to the credit of the Bourne Charity by Barclays Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 1911 & 1912

Receipts for an half year's rent of Bourne's Charity, 17 May 1871 - 6 July 1891

Receipts for Bourne's Charity rent, 11 June - 7 December 1910

Tenders and vouchers for minor repairs to the school, 31 August 1904 - August 1906

Letters from J.H. Bourne, Cotherstone, North Riding of Yorkshire, to the Rector of Romaldkirk, North Riding of Yorkshire, concerning the Bourne Charity's support for a pupil at Darlington High School for Girls, 15 September 1917

Agreement and specification, whereby Isaac Hetherington undertakes to erect a boundary wall on the north, east and west sides of the additional burial ground at Romaldkirk, for the sum of £100, 19 August 1889 Attached: elevation and section of the wall by Robert Hugginson, 6 June 1889 and plan of the stepping up the front wall, by Robert Hugginson, 10 June 1889 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1 : 12]

Vouchers for services provided for the almshouses at Romaldkirk, 22 March - 27 December 1922

Minutes of meetings of the ladies of the parish in connexion with bazaars, sales of work etc. for raising money for mission work, 18 January 1923 - 17 October 1939

The Barningham, Romaldkirk and Laithkirk Church Magazine (from May 1897 The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Laithkirk and Rokeby Magazine ), January - December 1897

The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Laithkirk, Rokeby and Bowes Church Magazine (from March 1898 The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Bowes and Wycliffe Church Magazine , and from September 1898 The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Laithkirk, Rokeby and Wycliffe Church Magazine ), January 1898 - December 1899

The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Laithkirk, Rokeby and Wycliffe Church Magazine , January 1900 - December 1901

The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Rokeby and Wycliffe Church Magazine (from February 1902 The Barningham, Romaldkirk and Wycliffe Church Magazine ), January 1902 - December 1903

The Barningham, Romaldkirk and Wycliffe Church Magazine (from January 1905 The Barningham, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine , and from May 1905 The Barningham, Laithkirk, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine ), January 1904 - December 1905

The Barningham, Laithkirk, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine (from May 1906 The Barningham, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk and Startforth Church Magazine ), January 1906 - December 1907

The Barningham, Bowes, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk and Startforth Church Magazine , January 1908 - December 1909

The Barningham, Bowes, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine (from December 1911 The Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine ), January 1910 - December 1911

The Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe Church Magazine , January 1912 - December 1913

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1914 - December 1915

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1916 - December 1917

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1918 - December 1919

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1920 - January 1921

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1922 - December 1923

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1924 - December 1925

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1926 - December 1927

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1928 - December 1929

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1930 - December 1933

Number not used

The Church Magazine for Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe , January 1938 - November 1941

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth, Wycliffe and Hutton Magna in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North , Yorks., January 1942 - December 1944

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth, Wycliffe and Hutton Magna in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January 1945 - December 1950

The Church Magazine for the Parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth, Wycliffe and Hutton Magna in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January 1951 - December 1953

The Church Magazine for the Parishes in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January 1954 - December 1956

The Church Magazine for the Parishes in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January 1957 - December 1959

The Church Magazine for the Parishes in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January 1960 - December 1962

The Church Magazine for the Parishes in the Rural Deanery of Richmond North, Yorks., January - December 1963

The Country Churchman , Richmond North Deanery edition, serving the parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe, January 1964 - December 1965

The Country Churchman , Richmond North Deanery edition, serving the parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe, January 1966 - December 1967

The Country Churchman , Richmond North Deanery edition, serving the parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe, January 1968 - December 1969

The Country Churchman , Richmond North Deanery edition, serving the parishes of Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe, January - December 1970

A history of the church by C. Snushall and J.C. Raine (incomplete) (1930 - 1931), with covering letter from J.C. Raine, Waddon near Croydon to Claude Snushall, Rector of Romaldkirk discussing Raine's contribution, 13 December 1931

Outstanding Feature of The Architectural History of Romaldkirk Church, n.d. [post 1927]

Letters received by Canon Beal, newspaper cuttings and antiquarian notes regarding the history of the church at Romaldkirk and of the Rectors of Romaldkirk, n.d. [1900 - 1930] and 1952

Historical notes concerning Romaldkirk sent to Revd. Mr. Thompson, n.d. [early 19th century]

Notes of the inscription on John Newelyne's tomb and other historical matters, n.d. and 6 July 1868

Short guide to Romaldkirk Church, with plan, n.d. [post 1930]

Accounts and memoranda of unidentified individual detailing farming and money lending. Index included

Romaldkirk Moor, Bull Common and Bull Common Slote enclosure award with plan attached

Accounts of County Treasurer of the North Riding of Yorkshire

Reports of the Committee of Visitors of North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum at Clifton, Usk

Bazaar Committee meetings minute book, 16 March 1931 - 17 January 1941

Customs of the Manor of Cotherston with Hunderthwaite (1653); perambulation of the boundaries of the Manor (1753 and 1800); abstract of deed relating to Lartington boundary (1727); copies of and forms of admittances; license to demise; notices of the holding of court, charge to the jury, oaths of office, proclamations etc., n.d. [early 19th century]

Copy of circular letter from Queen Victoria to the Archbishop of York for a collection in aid of the subscriptions entered into for the relief of the working classes, 11 May 1842

Notice of intention to compound window tax on dwelling at Romaldkirk, 15 August 1822

Notice to John Hodgson to appear before the Commissioners, to be appointed Collector of Assessed Taxes for the Parish of Romaldkirk, 12 June 1830

A limited edition print of a plan of Richmond Deanery showing the location of Anglican churches, with a depiction of each one around the margins of the plan, prepared to celebrate the millennium, by A. Kerr, 2000 Scale: 4.5 cm. to 1 mile [1:35300]